Food Testing and Certification Labs

QIMA’s accredited laboratories offer a full scope of lab testing and certification services for a variety of food products.

Food Quality Testing and Certification

From contaminants to genetically modified organisms, food companies are confronted by a host of food safety and quality challenges in today’s global marketplace. QIMA is committed to helping companies find solutions by assuring high quality testing and certification services in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

Testing at the source allows you to gain time and cost advantages. Set up efficient testing programs and submit your food products for local certified testing by QIMA, avoiding costly and inefficient shipping of samples to your export country.

QIMA offers fast and reliable lab testing services for the following categories of food products:

Food Testing Expertise

With a worldwide network of ISO 17025 accredited food testing and consulting laboratories, QIMA is dedicated to providing clients with a personalized, timely, and error-free service.

QIMA Labs are:

Approved by Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine bureau

Approved by SFDA

QIMA tests cover key analysis required by China and export markets:

European Pharmacopeia, British Pharma

AOAC

FDA/BAM

GB/T & SN (China)

ISO

ASTM, CPSIA, REACH (for food contact items)

Lab Testing Process

Food Pesticide Testing

Heavy usage of pesticide in agriculture may result in toxic chemicals entering the food chain. Using liquid (triple quadrupole UPLC-MS/MS) and gas (GC-MS/MS) chromatography techniques and other modern technologies, we provide expert analytical services for hundreds of pesticides in a full range of matrices, including cereals, fruit and vegetables, fat, dairy, beverages, and meat and fish.

QIMA food pesticide testing service includes:

Organochlorides

Organophosphates

Organonitrogens

Carbamates

Additional pesticides and multi-residue screens

With the increasing control on pesticide residue worldwide, you can trust QIMA to stay up to date with the latest regulations food safety measures.

Chemical Hazard Analysis for Foods (regular items and heavy metals)

In recent years, multiple food safety scandals showed that heavy metal contamination remains a persistent threat. Milk and rice, for example, are often found to contain arsenic and cadmium in concentrations beyond permissible limits. Though these metals occur naturally, such man-made factors as industrial sewage, smelters and the use of fertilizers increased their concentration in the soil, from which they can be taken up by plants and enter the food chain. Due to the growing number of regulations and health concerns, all food companies and especially exporters should implement comprehensive testing programs to assure food product safety.

Using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS), QIMA helps manufacturers detect even extremely low levels of such metals as Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead and Mercury in food. The detection limit is 1 ppb for liquids and 5 ppb for solids.

Food Testing and Research Services

BAX system for tests on pathogens

Microbial challenge study for food

Validation studies for new formulas

Supply Chain Insights

C-TPAT Audit and Compliance

The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) is a supply chain security program led by U.S. Customs and Border Protection focused on improving the security of private companies' supply chains with respect to terrorism.

Get an exclusive look behind the scenes following a survey to QIMA's database to undercover how the escalating US-China trade stand-off is affecting global supply chains and sourcing strategies halfway into 2018.